Barcia Paz, M (2014) West African Islam in Colonial Cuba. Slavery & Abolition, 35 (2). 292 - 305 (13). ISSN 0144-039X
Abstract
Over the past decades, the impact of Atlantic ideas and ideologies in the Americas has become a constant subject of discussion. The ways in which the French and Haitian revo- lutions determined the actions of African slaves in the Americas have only been matched by the relevance given by scholars to the impact of British Abolitionist policies from 1807 onwards. West African wars associated with the transplantation of Islam were just as important. Until today, the impact and the very existence of Islam among West African slaves taken to Cuba have been all but overlooked. In this article, I attempt to establish connections between Islam in West Africa and Islamized West African slaves in Cuba. My key argument is that in one way or another, Islamized Africans were present in Cuba from a very early period and that they continued to arrive in the following centuries. There are certainly enough elements to offer a first, preliminary sketch of the presence and impact of Islamized West Africans in Cuba.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Slavery; Islam; West Africa; Cuba |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 May 2015 09:26 |
Last Modified: | 07 May 2015 09:33 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2013.865335 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0144039X.2013.865335 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84215 |